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Name: CHRISTOPHER launched as KADUNA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/12/1909
Completed: 04/1910
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 173
Dimensions: 4416grt, 2747nrt, 360.0 x 50.1 x 22.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 367nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 128041
History:
20/04/1910 Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
1914 British & African SN Co Ltd (Elder Dempster & Co Ltd), Liverpool
1914 Renamed OBUASI
08/07/1917 Sank
Comments: Launched as KADUNA for Elder Dempster & Co Ltd, Liverpool
08/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U49, 290 miles NWxW of Fastnet
On a voyage from Dakar to Liverpool carrying passengers & general cargo


Lloyd's List, Saturday, 01/01/1910

Lloyd's List, Wednesday, 27/04/1910